Moto GP 2006 Photos

F45

Hey Sharpshooters...

What a great weekend! It was nice to finally meet some of you in person and talk a little shop in between races! I'm looking forward to the next bike race already!!

In the mean time here are a few highlights of my weekend for you to peruse and critique. I'll post more later in the week but for now these will get things started...

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2) Canon Mark II, 70-200mm 2.8L (200mm), 1/250 F3.5 ISO 200[/FONT]

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3) Canon Mark II, 70-200mm 2.8L (145mm), 1/200 F16 ISO 200 [/FONT]

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4) Canon Mark II, 400mm 2.8L with 1.4 tele (560mm), 1/1300 F4 ISO 100 [/FONT]

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[FONT=Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]5) Canon Mark II, 70-200mm 2.8L (200mm), 1/250 F14 ISO 200[/FONT]

judah

Superb shots! I was tired of Nicky's shots.....
Valentino's is incredibly sharp and the composition are really great.
Would you mind sharing a bit of your technique? Any tip or suggestions? :

DoctorIt

some great captures, but I really like how the banner frames this one:

Daddio

Excellent and unique images. Nice to see a different take on angles and framing from what I've seen so far from others.

zed

Nice work Chris. Post more if you have any.

Jeff

illuminati919

I like the way you do the long crops, makes the rider look like hes going twice as fast even though hes going fast enought as it is. Keep it up.

W.W. Webster

Great shots all, but for composition and overall effect, my vote goes to -




Edit - Hey, have you moved it and broken the linky?

F45

Thank you very much to everyone for all the kind words!
I edited the post to show the exif data as I know at least a couple of you are interested.

judah
" Would you mind sharing a bit of your technique? Any tip or suggestions? :"

The best advice I got was from Todd Corzette who simply stated that the key to high quality racing images is "practice , practice, practice"...to that I will simply add another "practice"!!!

Technically speaking I find that when panning you have to stay calm and not get psyched out about a very fast moving bike suddenly entering your viewfinder. Being very relaxed and controlled will produce more "keepers". Also, hold the barrel of the lens as far away from the actual camera body as you can to prevent wobbling. What I like to do is hold the camera firmly against my eye (actually brow) and then press the camera body very hard against my cheek bone and jaw. This gives me a very "locked" stationary position and forces me to pan with my trunk and not with my shoulders. Then follow through the shot and when the shutter re-opens I want to still have the camera tight to the side of my face and the bike still deadly centered in the view finder.

Motorsports photography is particularly challenging in regards to composition-originality.
I like to skim through mags (especially British) and see what kind of images are not being published and start from there. I'm still new to motorsports but I have a fine art photography background and more importantly a passion for composition!

To me every angle a racing motorbike is viewed from has great composition potential. They're almost like insects with their brilliant colors and aggressive body angles.

I still have to cull my way through a heap of images but I'll post some more in a couple of days.

F45

Here are a few more shots and a link to a little gallery of mine.

Thanks for looking and for all the feedback. I really appreciate your input!
http://fotorevs.smugmug.com/gallery/1703886/1/84476210

6) [FONT=Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Canon Mark II, 70-200mm 2.8L (110mm), 1/160 F14 ISO 100[/FONT]

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7) [FONT=Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Canon Mark II, 70-200mm 2.8L (200mm), 1/250 F5 ISO 100[/FONT]







8) [FONT=Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Canon Mark II, 400mm 2.8L (400mm), 1/1600 F4 ISO 100 [/FONT]








9) [FONT=Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Canon Mark II, 70-200mm 2.8L (73mm), 1/1600 F4 ISO 100 [/FONT]








10) [FONT=Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Canon Mark II, 70-200mm 2.8 (125mm), 1/200 F11 ISO 100[/FONT]